The Atelier series

[Maxie]

but Dusk are also PS3 era games priced the same as PS4 games

 

[Late Bloomer]

Atelier Sophie 1 or Atelier Ryza 1 are both painless introductions, Sophie being TB, Ryza being active turn combat, neither has a time limit

I was leaning in the direction of Sophie.

Dusk has the most interesting aesthetics and setting and the least amount of moeblob

I prefer cute to strong. I prefer helpless to independant.

 

[Maxie]

Atelier Sophie 1 or Atelier Ryza 1 are both painless introductions, Sophie being TB, Ryza being active turn combat, neither has a time limit

I was leaning in the direction of Sophie.

Dusk has the most interesting aesthetics and setting and the least amount of moeblob

I prefer cute to strong. I prefer helpless to independant.

Sophie certainly isn't a bad choice (personally I find her to be the cutest girl in the games I've played myself), I'll quote myself from another thread:

- Sophie 1 - story-wise, it's probably the tightest and Sophie is the cutest Mysterious girl, I'm not so sold on her squad though. I liked that the plot was so unassuming and limited, and even the confrontation in the Library is hardly a save the world scenario, maybe on a similar note Ryza 1 will eventually be, that is - the saving the world that nobody asked for, and nobody will thank for. I definitely do not like that the maps are so small, with only a handful being more dungeon-ish (the upside-down cathedral being probably the most fun to move through, followed by fairy forest). Sophie 1 boasts a very neat board game style overmap to tie these smal locations together, and all the resource management takes place here. TB here is definitely my fav from all Mysterious games - I will use it as the standard to which others should aspire to. Alchemy is, understandably, bit of a shocker after the no-frills Ryza 1 model (not so happy with Ryza 2's slight revamp tho), but even the disposable bombs eventually become a non-factor upon striking a deal with Corneria. I do not like the Ideas system, it's slightly off-balance and slows down gear progression. Tech-wise, Sophie 1 suffers from weird UI scaling? Every menu (and particularly text boxes) look so squished it's uncanny. Very nice visuals, very nice music (Plachta rebuild song lol). I kinda missed the heroic trumpets that Ryza revels in, but got some more euro instruments instead. Overall, Sophie 1 is a cool game.

 

[Late Bloomer]

Sophie certainly isn't a bad choice (personally I find her to be the cutest girl in the games I've played myself), I'll quote myself from another thread:

- Sophie 1 - story-wise, it's probably the tightest and Sophie is the cutest Mysterious girl, I'm not so sold on her squad though. I liked that the plot was so unassuming and limited, and even the confrontation in the Library is hardly a save the world scenario, maybe on a similar note Ryza 1 will eventually be, that is - the saving the world that nobody asked for, and nobody will thank for. I definitely do not like that the maps are so small, with only a handful being more dungeon-ish (the upside-down cathedral being probably the most fun to move through, followed by fairy forest). Sophie 1 boasts a very neat board game style overmap to tie these smal locations together, and all the resource management takes place here. TB here is definitely my fav from all Mysterious games - I will use it as the standard to which others should aspire to. Alchemy is, understandably, bit of a shocker after the no-frills Ryza 1 model (not so happy with Ryza 2's slight revamp tho), but even the disposable bombs eventually become a non-factor upon striking a deal with Corneria. I do not like the Ideas system, it's slightly off-balance and slows down gear progression. Tech-wise, Sophie 1 suffers from weird UI scaling? Every menu (and particularly text boxes) look so squished it's uncanny. Very nice visuals, very nice music (Plachta rebuild song lol). I kinda missed the heroic trumpets that Ryza revels in, but got some more euro instruments instead. Overall, Sophie 1 is a cool game.

Nice. I'll start with Sophie. Seems fun.

Edit - Forgot to say thanks. Thanks!

 

[Hobo Elf]

And if you end up enjoying the series you can eventually play the perfection that is Atelier Ayesha

 

[Reinhardt]

you can eventually play the perfection that is Atelier Ayesha

that's what i did when internet died in january. had only ayesha, cold steel 1 and battle brothers, because my hdd for downloaded shit died too from all those blackouts and i've managed to save only 3 gaems and huge pile of books from it.
damn, i don't remember anything. no old saves left so barely managed to save nio and did bell and regina stories before 3 years ended. prepared good equip at least for ng+. if i went with linca instead of regina probably could finish more.

dusk still best trilogy. love its melancholy feeling.

 

[coldcrow]

And if you end up enjoying the series you can eventually play the perfection that is Atelier Ayesha

I tried playing a few of these games and usually stopped after 15 minutes of way too much weeaboo.
So I cautiously started ayesha. While still being somewhat ridiculous, the weeb factor is somewhat muted (yet) and the game feels - for a lack of a better word - naturally comfortable.

 

[Reinhardt]

damn, i forgot how easy is escha until big bosses.

 

[Elttharion]

Finished the first Ryza game last week. Pretty good and comfy JRPG. Not really a fan of the combat system, I am more of a turn based fan personally but it works and I personally focus much more on the crafting so, meh. Having to navigate menus to charge my itens while getting pounded by enemies was kinda stressfull, or I am just old and slow now. I liked all of the characters and Ryza was pretty funny as a protagonist. Not much else to say. I didnt mind the lack of a time limit and I think this is actually a good introduction to the series for newcomers. Great game, highly recommended.

 

[Elttharion]

Atelier Ryza anime announced:

 

[Elttharion]

 

[Puukko]

Clickbait. The question is vague and the dude gives a roundabout answer. Nothing to be concerned about here.

Ryza 3 unlocks in a few hours. I've been in the mood for some Atelier again. so might give it a go. Had good fun with Firis earlier.

 

[Elttharion]

Clickbait. The question is vague and the dude gives a roundabout answer. Nothing to be concerned about here.

Ryza 3 unlocks in a few hours. I've been in the mood for some Atelier again. so might give it a go. Had good fun with Firis earlier.

Sure but considering Koei past actions I dont give them the benefit of doubt anymore.

 

[MasPingon]

Everytime I see it on Steam and want to buy it i have to remind myself that it would be pathetic to buy a butt cheek travel simulator. Or am I wrong and it's not? Need a validation.

 

[Puukko]

Don't tell anyone I told you this, but these games aren't actually about cute girls, that's a front. They're about poaching endangered animals and running a highly profitable legal meth lab.

 

[Maxie]

Don't tell anyone I told you this, but these games aren't actually about cute girls, that's a front. They're about poaching endangered animals and running a highly profitable legal meth lab.

Firis is also about being a hobo

 

[Endemic]

Not sure if anyone noticed, but there's a release date for the Marie remake.

 

[Gerrard]

This is a 10/10 in USA

First game for comparison

 

[Reinhardt]

i see they are aiming for untapped spring breaker dindu nuffin youths audience.

 

[Maxie]

This is a 10/10 in USA

First game for comparison

Sophie will always be cuter

 

[Elttharion]

This is a 10/10 in USA

First game for comparison

*AHEM*

 

[karoliner]

 

[karoliner]

 

[karoliner]

 

[deuxhero]

After this, I don't expect much of value.